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Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 5/17/2021 4:15:29 PM
The town of Jaffrey has been awarded $300,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfield Program grants to assess sites with potential hazards, and prepare them for redevelopment. First on the list are the former St. Patrick’s School and the former W.W. Cross building.
“Brownfield” properties are sites where there is potential for expansion or redevelopment, complicated by the presence – or just potential presence of hazardous substances. Since 1995, the Brownfields Program has provided $1.76 billion in grants nationally to assess and clean up these sites to allow redevelopment to move forward.
“The Town is delighted to have been selected by EPA for a Community Wide Brownfield Assessment Grant. We will be working closely with our local Brownfields Advisory Committee, and our federal and state partners to address the redevelopment of derelict and abandoned sites so that they are no longer a burden